Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Salem Falls To West, SC Knocks Off Carlyle -- Prep Baseball Roundup
Wildcats Fall To Belleville West In Heartbreaking Fashion, Head To TTown For DH Today The Salem Wildcats dropped a heartbreaker to visiting Belleville West yesterday losing 2-1 for the 2nd straight ga...
Apr 08, 2023
Lady Cougars Fall To Newton, Host Tournament Today, Salem Travels To Waltonville
South Central will host a softball tournament at Webster Park today in Kinmundy including Cumberland and New Athens. The Lady Cougars are coming off a loss yesterday at home to Newton 8-3. SC got RBI ...
Apr 08, 2023
Wildcats 4th At Olney Track & Field Invitational
The Salem boy's Track and Field team competed at the Olney Invitational on Thursday. The Cats were 4th in the 10 team meet with 94 points. First place finishers included Caleb Smith in the discus and ...
Apr 08, 2023
Salem Anglers 1st & 5th At Rob Street Invitational
Salem High anglers Brogan Gregg and Hunter Russell headed to Newton yesterday to compete in the 11th annual Rob Street HS Invitational Tournament, consisting of a 96 man field and 3 fish limit. Brogan...
Apr 08, 2023
Stroman pitches 6 innings as Cubs blank Texas Rangers 2-0
CHICAGO (AP) - Marcus Stroman pitched six sparkling innings and Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead RBI single, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Friday. Stroman (2-0) allowed two hits,...
Apr 08, 2023
NASCAR's Larson, Briscoe don't see edge on Bristol's dirt
Dirt guys like Kyle Larson and Chase Briscoe figure to have a huge edge this weekend when the NASCAR Cup Series moves to Bristol's dirt layout. They're not so sure. Both wonder if there's any advantag...
Apr 08, 2023
Three formally charged in Marion County Court Thursday with felony drug offenses
Bond was set at $100,000 for a 42-year-old Salem man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Thursday with a Class X charge of possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with intent t...
Apr 07, 2023 Curtis Holstlaw
Two face drug charges following west side Centralia traffic stop
A Salem man and a Centralia man both face drug charges following a traffic stop on West McCord Street in Centralia early Wednesday morning. Centralia Police arrested both the driver, 30-year-old Jerem...
Apr 07, 2023
One person injured in two vehicle crash at Brooks and West McCord in Centralia
One person was injured in a two vehicle crash Thursday night on North Brooks at West McCord Street on the west side of Centralia. Centralia Police say a car driven by 35-year-old Amanda Casner of Sout...
Apr 07, 2023 file photo
Police Beat for Friday, April 7th, 2023
A 28-year-old rural Kell man was arrested by Centralia Police on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant on a conviction for possession of methamphetamine. Kerry Whipple of Cartter Road was t...
Apr 07, 2023
